diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 2d449337a360..a94a4d10f2df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ else
         # -funit-at-a-time shrinks the kernel .text considerably
         # unfortunately it makes reading oopses harder.
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-funit-at-a-time)
-
-        # this works around some issues with generating unwind tables in older gccs
-        # newer gccs do it by default
-        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args)
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
@@ -147,6 +143,37 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK),y)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-builtin-memcpy)
 endif
 
+#
+# If the function graph tracer is used with mcount instead of fentry,
+# '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' is needed to prevent a GCC bug
+# (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42109)
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+  ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY
+	ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := 1
+  else
+    ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn, -mfentry), n)
+	ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := 1
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
+
+#
+# Jump labels need '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' for gcc < 4.5.2 to prevent a
+# GCC bug (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46226).  There's no way
+# to test for this bug at compile-time because the test case needs to execute,
+# which is a no-go for cross compilers.  So check the GCC version instead.
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
+  ifneq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
+	ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS = $(call cc-if-fullversion, -lt, 040502, 1)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
+	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -maccumulate-outgoing-args
+endif
+
 # Stackpointer is addressed different for 32 bit and 64 bit x86
 sp-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := esp
 sp-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := rsp
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
index 6647ed49c66c..a45eb15b7cf2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu
@@ -45,24 +45,6 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODE_LX)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=geode,-march=pentium-mmx)
 # cpu entries
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_GENERIC) 	+= $(call tune,generic,$(call tune,i686))
 
-# Work around the pentium-mmx code generator madness of gcc4.4.x which
-# does stack alignment by generating horrible code _before_ the mcount
-# prologue (push %ebp, mov %esp, %ebp) which breaks the function graph
-# tracer assumptions. For i686, generic, core2 this is set by the
-# compiler anyway
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER), y)
-ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := y
-endif
-
-# Work around to a bug with asm goto with first implementations of it
-# in gcc causing gcc to mess up the push and pop of the stack in some
-# uses of asm goto.
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL), y)
-ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := y
-endif
-
-cflags-$(ADD_ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS) += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args)
-
 # Bug fix for binutils: this option is required in order to keep
 # binutils from generating NOPL instructions against our will.
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_X86_P6_NOP),y)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 8f3d9cf26ff9..cbd73eb42170 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/nops.h>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) && \
+	!defined(CC_USING_FENTRY) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE)
+# error The following combination is not supported: ((compiler missing -mfentry) || (CONFIG_X86_32 and !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)) && CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER && CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
 int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index d6ca649cb0e9..afe3fd3af1e4 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ cc-fullversion = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) \
 # Usage:  EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
 cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(cc-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
 
+# cc-if-fullversion
+# Usage:  EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-if-fullversion, -lt, 040502, -O1)
+cc-if-fullversion = $(shell [ $(cc-fullversion) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
+
 # cc-ldoption
 # Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both)
 cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\